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Forensic scientists use modern methods to point to a previously undiscovered suspect.

London, 1888. A killer known by the name of Jack the Ripper brutally murders five prostitutes. Though the killings make the world's headlines, the slayer's identity remains a mystery for over 120 years. But new evidence found by an international team of experts leads to a German sailor and to New York's Lower East Side...

A new look into the mysterious serial killer: Jack the Ripper.

To this day, the identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer who terrorized back alleys of Victorian-era London, remains a mystery, despite an unparalleled investigation for the times and the ongoing work of criminologists, scholars and hobbyists. This program visits the scenes of Jack the Ripper's bloody crimes, presents shocking photos of his victims and examines experts' theories regarding the killer's identity. [From Netflix]

Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell attempts to prove that Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.

How do we get close to a killer the police haven't been able to identify for over 100 years? With the help of renowned British crime historians and authors applying modern techniques, "Mystery Files" unearths new evidence to eliminate an age-old suspect, and to discover a new, likely candidate who was right under the policemen's nose.

Shadow of the Ripper.

GW is in Whitechapel where a large number of women were brutally murdered in this run-down part of London in 1888. And five murders are attributed to the most famous serial killer in world history - Jack the Ripper.